Functionally, there are no valves in arteries (as opposed to in veins) because
A) valves direct blood only toward the heart and arterial blood passes away from the heart.
B) valves would tear apart from the high arterial pressure.
C) arteries get more atherosclerosis, so valves would cause lethal blood clotting.
D) the blood pressure in arteries is high enough that there is no backflow of blood.
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